Type-setting machine.



Patented Mar. 13,1900.

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

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TYPE SETTING MACHINE.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

PATRICK H. MGGRATH, ,OF RANDOLPH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF EDWARD O. ELY, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TIYPE-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No. 645,512, dated March 13,1900.

Application filed July 17, 1899.;

This'invention relates to atype-settingmachine and the'invention includes certain f undamental features,conv'enient and'sini'ple embodiments of which are represented 'in'the accompanying drawings andjwhichwill be set forthindetail in the accompanying description, and'as some of these, features are adapted to different classes of type-setting machines than-that shown the invention is not limited in its scope to any particular kind of machine of the character specified.

I11 the accompanying drawings,illustrating the apparatus in the preferred embodiment thereof, Figure 1 isa longitudinal central sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the machine. Fig. 3 is a side elevation as seen from the right in Fig. 2 and showing the right-hand part of the machine.

, Fig. 4 is a transverse section on -the line 4 4,

Fig. 2, and looking toward the left. Fig. 5 is. a transverse sectional right-hand elevation, the section being taken on the line 5 5, Fig. 2. Fig. 6 isa transverse sectional right-hand elevation, the section being in the line 6 6, Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a right-hand sectional elevation, the section being taken in the line 7 7, Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a detailof part of the driving mechanism. Fig. 9 is a detailin perspective of a portion of the means for controlling the driving mechanism. Fig. 10 is aperspective view of a type and space pusher. Fig.

11 is a detail in perspective of a space device represented as consisting of two parts. Fig. 12 is a detail showing a means for feeding the wedges. Fig. 13 is an enlarged side elevation of the front part of the machine; and Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the stick, showing the wedges and markers therein and the line as completed and ready for the shifting movement. I

The apparatus in the embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings in- Serial No. 724,024. (No model.)

' eludes in its organization a stick or typeholder having'a channel or slot, into which the type may be fed in some suitable manner The stick or type-holder represented is denoted in a. general way by S, and itincludes 'in its construction a movable or traveling member which is adapted to convey a comto compose a line and between the-words of posed and justified line from the place where the type is set up" into a position where the justified line may be removed and transferred to a galley or analogous device. y

The different parts of the apparatus are mounted uponaframe, which may be of any suitable construction and which is shown in eluding in its organization a bed or table 12, provided ordinarily with suitable depending legs and having, at one end the post or upright 13, to which certain parts of the stick and, the track or way which supports the traveling member of the stick are secured;

The stick S (see Fig. 5) is shown as comprising four parts, denoted,respectively, by 14, 15, 16, and '17, adapted to cooperate with each other, and the part 17 is shiftable relatively to its companions and is adapted to sustain in part the typeand the interposed wedges and to shift the same bodily and automatically at the proper time, so that, as will hereinafter appear, the spaces may have predetermined portions cut off and so that the type and spaces may be alined.

The parts 14, 15, and 16 of the stick have at what is shown as their right-hand'ends off-v sets or ears, each denoted by 18, adapted to be secured in some suitable manner to the opposite faces of the post or upright 13, as shown in Fig. 1.

The part 15 of the stick is disposed at the rear side of the machine, and it has a groove 19, in which the butts of the type are inserted, the type also resting upon the substantiallyfiat member 16 of the stick, above which the web of the part 14 is disposed, the parts 14 10b and 15, which are in front, being separated from the grooved section 16 bya space, as P,

which is disposed transversely to the typechannel 0 in the stick, and the spaces, which in the present instance are introduced into place transversely of the type, occupy the interval between the parts 14, 16, and of the stick, the type and spaces being successively inserted and advanced by suitable mechanism until the line is filled or completed.

The type may be fed into the channel 0 of the stick in any convenient manner-for example, by the means employed in the machine shown and described in Letters Patent No. 608,997, granted to me August 9, 1898-and between each two words a space device of suitable nature is placed, and the line, with the spaces, will be advanced, and when in the judgment of the operator the line is full or complete he will insert aline-stop or linemarker and will then justify the composed line by manipulating the wedges.

The space devices are denoted,respectively,

b W, (see Fig. 11,) and, as before stated,

each of them is inserted between a word by the operator in setting up the line, these spaces being passed through the opening P and introduced between the words transversely of the type. Each of the space devices consists of two substantially-similar wedges, as and 26, movable in unison toward each other during the act of justifying, which operation results in spreading the line until the end type abut against two markers, the head one of which is carried by and constitutes,.in effeet, a part of the stick, and the other one of which is introduced manually by the operator when in his judgment the line is completed.

The composed line after justification is carried bodily by the shiftable member 17 of the stick from the place at which the type was set up to a point beyond the same, and during its travel between such points the spaces can be cut off, and subsequently the spaces and type are alined and sufficient lengths of the spaces are out 01f, so that they are shorter than the type and will not project beyond the ends of the latter when the two have been alined.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings I insert between each word a spreading-space, and while these may be of any suitable character they are each represented as consisting of a pair of oppositely-movable wedge members slidable upon each other from opposite sides of the type and the opposite faces of which are adapted to act against the adjacent sides of the type for the purpose of justifying the line between the line-markers or line-stops carried by the stick or, more properly, by the traveling member of said stick. In the present case the wedges, two of which cooperate to form a space, are supported by channels or runways located, respectively, above and below the line of type and the wedges are separately fed toward the line, and subsequently they can be fed in pairs between the words as the line is composed, after which the type and spaces are advanced, and this operation is continued until the line is filled. The channels or grooves for inclosin g orcontaining the respective pairs of wedges are denoted by A and A, the wedges 25 being sustained within the upper channel A, while the lower wedges 26 are supported and fed forward within the lower channel, and it will be seen upon inspection of Figs..1 and 11 that the opposite side faces of the wedges taper toward the line of type, and consequently toward each other, so as to secure the desired effect, and during the advance of the line under composition with the intermediate spaces means will be provided for sustaining the wedges and for forcing them toward eachother to justify the line, it being understood that the line is not shown as justified by the simple actof insert ing the wedges between the successive words in the line. I

In Figs. 2 and 3 I have represented clearly the construction of the channel or trough in which the upper set of wedges 25 is disposed and also the means for effecting the feed of the said wedges, and as the two are substantially the same in construction I will describe in detail that illustrated in said Figs. 2 and 3 and will employ corresponding charactersto denote similar parts in the other channel.

The channel A is shown as consisting of two plates 30 and 31 of approximately the same height asv the spaces and separated a proper dista nee and of any convenientlength, and these plates 30 inclose or receive a feed device for moving the wedges into position in vertical line with the transverse channel or slot P in the stick, so that said wedge, together with its complemental member, can be introduced next a word in the line. What is shown in Fig. 2 as theright-hand plate 30 has an inturned or right-angular projection 32, which closes the end of the channel, while the plate 31 has at its opposite end a finger or inturned projection 33, which acts as a stop to prevent the spaces from jumping from the" channel as they are advanced.

The wedge-feeder is denoted by 35, and it is disposed between the walls or plates of the channel or trough A behind the last wedge of the series and isshaped substantially the same as the wedges. The wedge-feeder is provided with a lateral projecting pin or stud 36, which extends through a longitudinal slot 37 in the left-hand plate of the channel and is connected with a suitable operating device by which said feeder can be advanced to push the successive wedges into position, where they can be selected and inserted into line by a manually-controlled appliance of suitable character. The operating deviee for the feeder or plate 35 is denoted by 40, and it is represented as consisting of a weight connected by the cord or analogous connection 41 with the laterally-projecting pin 36 of the wedge-feeder. The cord 41 runs over the suitably-supported idler or guide 12, and as the weight 10 falls it serves to correspondingly advance the wedges in the channel A, v where they can be individually selected by the operator and introduced into the line.

It will be understood that the weights 40 (see Fig. 3) move in unison, as do also the feed-plates, so that two wedges can be brought into place one above the other.

The means for forcing the wedges and 26 across the line and between the words may be of any suitable construction; but it is represented as including the superposed levers 45 and 46, suitably mounted upon the upright or post 13 and connected for simultaneous movement by the link 46", pivoted to the respective parts near their fulcrums, and the lower lever 45, which is directly operated by hand, has afinger-piece 47, by which to manipulate the same, thereby forcing it upward and through the intermediate link, forcing the upper key-lever downward, it being understood that the levers control the supply of the wedges to the line. The working ends of the levers 45 and 46 are rounded, as at 45 and 46', respectively, and the first wedge in the lower series is fed over and is upheld by the rounded portion 45 of the key-lever 45, while the first wedge of the upper series is fed under the rounded portion 46 of the upper lever, as seen clearly in Fig. 1, and it will be understood that at this point the two outermost wedges are in vertical line with the channel or space P, which is disposed at approximately right angles to the type-setting channel. With the parts in this position the finger-piece 47 will be depressed, thereby elevating the working portion of the lever 45, and consequently lowering the working portion of the upper lever 46, so as to force the superposed wedges toward each other and across the line, so as to separate the words; The stop 50, in the nature of a pin or stud, projects from the upright 13 and is disposed in the path of the left-hand arm of the lever 45 to limit the upward movement of said arm, and consequently the corresponding and simultaneous downward movement of the lefthand arm of the upper lever. When the wedges are introduced in the line, the mass of type and wedges is pushed forward, and this operation is continued until the operator sees that the line is filled, after which he will insert at the end of the line a removable line marker or stop, and then will justify or true the line by further opposite thrusts upon the two series of wedges, so that the end type will firmly abut against the line markers or stops. By thus driving the opposite wedges upon each other there results a counterbalancing pressure on opposite sides of the line and a greater degree of expansibility with the same size of wedge than is the case when one series of wedges is fixed, as will be obvious.

When the line isjustified, the movable member of the stick will be released, so that the line can be advanced, and in the present case during this advancing movement predetermined lengths of the spaces will be severed, so that the length of the cut spaces will be shorter than that of the type, after which the type and spaces will be alined, and during this period also the spaces will be nicked or notched by suitable instrumentalities, so as to distinguish them from the type, thereby to facilitate the separation of the spaces from the type. At this point it is stated that the spaces are of type-metal, and the ends which are cut off, together with the bodies of the wedges, are remelted and cast into proper shape for subsequent use, although, of course, it is not essential that the type-metal be employed for this purpose, as many other kinds of wedges might be as well employed, but type-metal by reason of its ease in handling and melting is preferable.

The type are fed into the channel or slot 0 in such a manner that their backs rest upon the fixed sections 15 and 16, with the space devices or wedges between the words in the line, by means of a pusher, as B, which is represented as consisting of a fiat plate adapted to project into the channel of the stick and to move the mass of type and spaces forward, I

and when the operator sees that the head or foremost type is nearly in contact with what is the fixed or left-hand line-marker he will close the line and will then insert a removable marker, and subsequent to this the wedges 25 and 26 will be moved toward each other to lock the mass tightly between the 'two line markers or stops.

The plate B is reciprocatory and is moved in one direction by the longitudinal spring 55 and in the opposite direction by means controlled from the vertical shaft 56. The shaft 56 is supported in suitable bearings upon the framework and is provided at its lower end with a pulley or roll 57, over which the belt 58 passes, said belt also being passed around the pulley 59, secured to the shaft 60, which in the present case carries certain cutting and nicking mechanisms hereinafter more particularly described. The spring 55 is secured at its lower end to the boss 61 upon the upright 13 and its free end passes through the slot 62 in the outer or right-hand end of the pusher-plate B, and the spring serves to advance said plate so as to move the type and spaces forward and toward what is the permanent line-marker, and the retractive motion of the plate is effected by the crank-pin 63 of the shaft 56, which crank-pin extends into the elongated slot 64 in the pusher-plate B. The

slot 64 has the half-circular portion 65, along the rounded wall of which the crank-pin 63 can pass when the plate B is drawn back without operating said plate, this being done for the purpose of throwing the plate temporarily out of action, so that it cannot come into contact with the two wedges being fed into the line. The right-hand arm of the key-lever 45 is provided with a projection or finger 66, located in proximity to the spring 55 and which when said arm is depressed is adapted to enfl w re gage the spring and to swing the same toward what is herein illustrated as the right when the wedges are being introduced, so that the spring cannot feed the plate forward, as in such a case as this the plate would come in contact with and would bend or otherwise inj ure the wedges; but by providing the looking device operative with the key-lever such an accident is not possible. When the plate B is drawn back, it will be evident that the crank-pin 63 revolves idly in the slot 64, which is shaped to permit this operation.

It will be understood that before the line is justified or when it is filled it consists of a num ber of words between which are interposed wedge'spacin g devices and thatin the present case each of these spacing devices consists of two cooperating elements or wedges. When the line is justified, these wedges are forced or driven toward each other, so that the line will be spread or distended in such a manner as to fully occupy the interval between the end or line markers, and for thus finally operating or driving the wedges farther into their seats or between the type any convenient means may be employed; but the mechanism illustrated is simple and convenient and includes what might be termed two forcers or drivers, denoted, respectively, by D and D, and each havinga head or working portion 7 0, adapted to act against the larger end of the wedges to force them into proper position. The heads are vertically alined and the upper has the parallel rackbars 71, while the similar rack-bars 72 depend from the lower head, the two pairs of rack-bars being disposed in parallelism and being located to mesh with the intermediate pinion 73, secured to the suitably-supported shaft 74. In this manner I am enabled to operate the two forcing devices in unison, so that the wedges can be properly introduced. As the lower wedges are fed along with the type they are adapted to rest upon the head 70 of the lower forcer or driver D, while the upper wedges have forward projections 76, which are sustained by the rod 7 7 secured to the depending and slightly-curved arm78 of the part D. The working or extreme forward end of the upper lever 46 has the longitudinal arc-shaped and upward ear or lug 46 which when said working end is depressed holds the wedges back, so that the head of the advancing one cannot engage over the lever, as in such a case as this the lever could not be drawn back to effect the positioning of a subsequent wedge. After the line is filled and justified by the driving in of the wedges 25 the justified line is released and is advanced to a position where it can be transferred to a galley or other containing device or receptacle, and during this period of operation I prefer to cut 06 predetermined lengths of the wedges both above and below the line and to also nick the wedges. Subsequent to the cutting-01f operation and before the type are transferred, however, the

type and spaces will be alined, and in the present case this is effected by shifting the type into line with the spaces.

The movable member 17 of the stick which advances the justified line is while the line is being set up held in its normal position by a suitable device, such as the pivoted latch 80, pivoted to the right-hand end of the part 17 and having a catch at its free end adapted to engage the shoulder or projection 81 upon the upright 13, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. WVhen the latch is disengaged from the projection, the part 17 will be free to be operated. When the line is filled, the shoulder 82 upon the hand-operated pawl 83 will be moved across the path of the stud or protuberance 84 upon the adjacent side of the pusher-plate B, so as to stop the inward movement of said pusherplate, after which the right-hand or removable line-niarker is inserted at the end of the line.

The line markers or stops are denoted, respectively, by L and L, and each of them consists of a substantially L-shaped part approximately rectangular in cross-section and the body portions 90 of which are adapted to project into the channel 0 to a point beyond the centers of the type, and said line-markers are movable with the shiftable member 17 of the stick, which is in the nature of a traveling carriage and which has a groove 91 to receive the tongue 92, which is secured to the upright 13. The downwardly-extending por tions 92 of the line-markers are located between the pairs of parallel lugs 93 upon the outer face of the part 17, and the markers being square in cross-section they cannot 'of course turn in the guides. The line-marker L is normally held in its operative position by suitable means, as the coiled spring 94, connected, respectively, with the part 17 and with the downwardly-extending portion or projection 92 upon said line-marker, whereby the body portion of the line-marker can constitute an abutment against which the head type of the line may strike when the line is j ustified. The line-marker L is inserted immediately after the pawl 83 is drawn downward to look back the pusher-plate B. With the line full as the operator sees it, although spaces of varying widths occur between the end type and the line-markers, the forcers or drivers for the oppositely-movin g wedges will be released by the operator just after the right-hand-end marker has been put in, so that the upper and lowerwedges 25 and 26 can be driven farther into'place, so as to accurately justify the completed line.

I prefer to use a mechanical device for effecting the operation of the two wedge-drivers in unison, as in case the operator should directly do so he might apply too great a strain or stress to the type and spaces anrlinjure the same.

The rack-bars 71 are united by the substantially-cylindrical weight 95, which is normally upheld, but which when released serves to draw the bars 71 downward for driving the upper row of wedges into place and simultaneously through the intermediate connection for elevating the lower driver, so that the lower set of wedges can be likewise positioned. The lower end of the rack device is engaged by the rock-arm 96 to hold the upper pusher, and consequentlythe lower one, in the primary positions thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, and the rock-arm is. secured to the rock-shaft 97, supported by a suitable bearing upon the framing of thelnachine and equipped at its end with a hand-lever 98. The arm-96 is held in a position to maintain the two drivers D and D in their retracted position by means of the coiled spring 99, connected, respectively, to the bed 12 and to said arm, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. After the temporary linemarker has been introd need the operator will grasp theihandle 98 and will pull the handlever 98 downward, thereby moving the rock-V arm 96 from under the rack device71, so that the connecting-weight 95 can fall, thereby to effect the'operation in unison of the two 1 diate wedges.

drivers for properly positioning the interme- It will be remembered that the movable 1nernber17 of the stick which carries the linemarkers Land L is held inits retracted or normal position by means of a latch 80, and when the latch is disengaged from the pro-' jectionSl-the part 17can be advanced to a line-transferring position. The rock-shaft 97 has a relatively-long arm 100, to which the rod or trip device 101 is pivoted, said rod -hav-.v

ing at its upper end a spring actuated finger or tripper proper, 102, the operating-spring of which is denoted by'103. When the lever 9.8 is swung downward, the rod'101 will be pulled therewith, so that the upper end of the finger can be swung-under the square portion of the latch, and during this operation it will be understood that the wedges are being given their final operation. When the hand-lever is drawn back by theoperation ofihe'spring 99, the'rod 101 will be elevated and the finger 102 will trip the latch 80 and release the part 17, so that it can be advanced- On the return of said part 17 the latch 80, connected thereto, will-return the spring-finger to its primary position. (Shown in Fig. 1.) As the part 17 moves forward the right-hand or removable line-marker L will carry theline of type and the contained spaces alongth'erewith. For thepurpose of advancing the part 17 any convenient means vmay be employed,

although a very satisfactory result can be obtained by means of a weight 105, to which the v cord or connector 106 is united, said cord running over the idler or guide 107 upon the framing of the machine and beingconnected, as at 108, with the under side of the. part or type-carriage 17 When the latch 80 is tripped in the manner before described, the weight 105, by falling, can pull the carriage or part 17 along, thej ustified line being carried therewith, and the part17 will continue to advance until it strikes an abutment, such as the wall 109 of the galley G.

While the justified line is being transferred from the place at which the type was set up to the place at which the justified line is .to

'be transferred to the galley G, and during the 'travel of the part 17 between the two points pulley 112 is connected with a substantiallysimilar pulley 113, both of which are loose upon the'shaft 114, and thepulley 113 is provided with a belt 115, connected with asuitvable motor, (not'showm) by which the pulleys113 and112, and'hence the cutting and nicking mechanism, can be driven continuously. The cuttin g mechanism in the organization thereof represented includes two saws,-

as K and K, respectively, one located above the other. and located, respectively, at oppo site sides of the path of the type, and consequently disposed in the path of the spaces, which, it w'ill be remembered,"project oppo sitelyfrom'and transversely to the composed a traverse of the carriage 17 -The saws K and K are representedas circular and as securedv to the vertical or uprightfshaft 60, and between them t'wo nickers are disposed, which are also circular and which are of somewhat -less diameter than the saws, so as to simply nick and ,not tocut entirely through the spaces, and the nickers are located at desired distances apart and cut indentations or notches in the spaces while they are being severed by the saws. While I have repre sehtedtwo saws and two nickers, it isevident that thisis not essential, for in some instances I may employ a single saw and single nicker, or in other cases I may employ more than two. As just stated, it is obvious that a sin gle cutter can be employed, and in such acoustruction as this it would be utilized for cut- -and justified line, and the saws are so posi-. tioned as to cutoff the proper lengths of spaces as the mass is advanced by them during the ICS ting off the spaces at one side of the line to 4 such an extent that said spaces will not project beyond the faces of the type in the justified and completed line. WVhen the part 17, which serves to advance the line, abuts against the wall 109 of the galley G, I prefer tobring into operation mechanism for aliningthe spaces and type, and for also simultaneously, or substantially so, removing the line markers or limiters L and L and afterward to transfer the line bodily from the part 17 into the galleyGr. The type and spaces after they leave the fixed :tions of the stick are moved onto the upper t surface 115 of the bearing 116, secured on the platform 12,andconstitutingameans supporting certain of the operating parts, d while sustainedby the bearing 116 and the carriage 17 the type are tipped bodily d simultaneously, and during the same opttion the line or end markers L and L are zhdrawn. Means for withdrawing the line- .rkers L and L are represented as including 3am 117, secured to the rock-shaft 11S, unted upon hearings in the framework and ving an arm 119, to which the link 120 is nted, said link being loosely connected at opposite end to the downwardly-extendgarm 121 of the type shifting or tipping vice N, secured to the rock-shaft 122. It ll be understood that the working edge of a cam 117 is made sufficiently long as to g'age both line-markers and to move them the same timeand that the working edge the type shifting or alining device N is long Jugh to engage all of the type.

Tor operating the parts N and 117 in uni- 1 and eifecting the withdrawal of the line- .rkers and for also resetting the same any ivenient means may be .provided. For sering the first-mentioned operation I have )resented a coiled spring 125, the ends of ich are connected to hooks, as 126 and 127, :ured to what is shown in Fig. at as the ht-hand end of the link 120 and to the bed the construction being such that when the *ing 125 is expanded it will serve in conet-ing to shift the link 120 to. the right and .1 simultaneously swing the parts N and t theirdotted-line positions. (Shownin 1.) The parts N and 117 are normally .d in their ineffective positions (represented the full lines in said figure) by suitable end of the advancing stroke of the car ge the trip device 129 will strike the free upper end of the latch ortrigger 128 and .1 force the projection 131 out of the notch l of the link 120, thereby releasing the link, that it can be moved to the right to effect a operation of the type and space aliner N 1 the line-marker-removing cam 117, and the return of the link 120, which is effected a mechanical device, as the cam 135, the ion of which is automaticallycontrolled, will hereinafter appear, the projection or ch 131 upon the latch will be forced into i notch 132, thereby to hold the parts unthe carriage again trips the latch. When atype-aliner N is forced from its full to dotted line position, the edge 14-0 of the LG thereof will engage the type and will i the same and cause them to enter the trough 141, consisting in part of the web of the bearing 116 and the curved plate 142, the flange 143 of which is secured to said web, and, continuing its movement, the flat end face 1&0 of the headof the part N will be brought into contact with the outer edges of the type, so that said type are positioned Vertically, and consequently in line with the cut-off spaces, the butts of the type resting upon the bottom of the trough 142, as shown clearly in Fig. 4, and it will be understood that the part N is "in the nature of a device for sustaining the alined type and spaces, and while it is thus positioned the line is advanced from the trough 141- by a suitable transferring device into line with'the enter ing end or mouth of the galley, wherethe line may be forced into the galley by a pusher or analogous feed device. Thecam 135, to

which I have previously referred, serves to return the parts N and 117 to their primary position, (represented by full lines in Fig. 4,)

.latter by engaging the roll 120' upon the link will serve to thrust said link to the left or until the projection 131 upon the latch 128 can be sprung into the notch 132 to lock the link.

The line-transferring device is denoted in a general Way by R, and it consists of a body portion 150, provided with the depending branches or legs 151 and 152, betweenwhich the justified line of type is received, and

while any suitable means may be provided to move the carriage into position to transfer the type I prefer to employ'mechanism operated or controlled in part by the carriage 17, as will hereinafter appear.

The line transferring device Ris supported by the plate 160, having the longitudinal groove 161, adapted to receive antifrictionrollers 162 upon the line-transferring device, which rollers are adapted also to travel up the branch and inclined grooves or runways 163 and 164, communicating with the main or horizontal groove 161 and also with the Vertical grooves 165 and 166, respectively,

and at the entrance of the grooves 163 and 164: the switches 167 and 168 are located, they being gravitative and their points resting diverted by the switches or tongues 167 and 168 into the diagonal or branch channels 163, such motion continuing until the rollers 162 are in alinement with the vertical channels 165, so that the line-transferring device can drop over the line of type upon the bearing 116, so as to shift the line laterally of the type, it being understood that the type and spaces have been alined and that the linemarkers have been removed and that the carriage or part 17 has started on its return m ovement. On the return movement of the linetransferring device R, or when it is shifting a line from the place at which it is discharged from the carriage 17 up to the galley, the rollers 162 will run along the entire length of the slot or groove 161, and the switches 168'will not interfere with this operation, but will simply be lifted by the respective rollers. In the present instance the movement of the line-transferring device R from the position opposite the mouth or entering end of the galley G to the type-receiving place is effected by means operated by the part 17, and toothed gearing constitutes a convenient means for securing the operation alluded to. The longitudinal rack 170 is secured to the part 17,

and its teeth mesh with a pinion or gear 171, secured to the transverse shaft 172, which shaft carries a pinion 173, meshing with the rack 174, mounted upon suitable bearings upon the platform or table 12 and pivoted to the link 175, which is connected by a slotand-pin joint to the rocking lever 176, fulcrumed upon a bearing upon the under side of the table 12 and adapted to project through aslot 177 in said table. The'coiled spring 178 is connected, respectively, to thelower end of the rocking lever 176 and to the under side of the table 12. VVi'th the parts in the position in which they are represented in Fig. 1 and the latch .having been tripped, the carriage will be advanced and as it travels forward the rack 17 O is moved in the corresponding direction, thereby through the interme diate connections oppositely swinging the upper arm of the rocking lever 176, so that the line-transferring device will be shifted into position to receive a line, said line-transferring device being operated through suitable instrumentalities by the rocking lever 176. The bar 179 is pivoted to the line-transferring device R,and it projects through an opening in the upper end of the'lever 176, and

the sliding collars 179 and 180 are held against the upper end of said lever by means of coiled springs 181 and 182, surrounding the bar 179' and bearing against said collars and also against the fixed stops or shoulders 183 and 184 upon said bar.

From the preceding description it will be evident that the line-transferring device R is advanced to receive the type by mechanism controlled Wholly by the carriage, and on such operation the several springs are placed under compression, so that the said line-transferring device will be returned to its primary position by means of the spring, whereby no undue pressure will be applied to the type, which is important in case they should stick. The line of type is shifted into position opposite the mouth or entrance of the galley G by the line-transferring device and is pushed from said line-transferring device into the galley G, between the walls thereof, by means of a suitable pusher, as O, which is represented as being in the form of a lever fulcrumed, as at. 191, upon a suitable support secured to the platform 12 and having ahead 190, adapted to engage the line and to force the same into the galley, it being understood that the width of the head equals the width of the galley, and consequently the length of the line of composed and justified type. The line-pusher O is set acting at a predeter mined point by suitable means, such as the cam 192, having a tappet 193 upon its periphery, which is normallylocatedbelow the under side of the arm or projection 194 of the line-pusher 0. When the shaft 114, to which the cam 192 is secured, commences to rotate, the cam 192 will move in the direction of the arrow, and as the tappet 193 thereon comes in contact with the arm 194 the pusher 190 will be forced inward to secure the operation desired, and the retractive motion of the pusher 0 may be effected by the coiled spring 195, connected, respectively, to the pusher and to the bed or base 12, such spring being stretched upon the advance of the pusher so that when the tappet 193 passes out of contact with said pusher the spring will return the latter to its normal position or until the arm 194 abuts against the circular portion of the cam 192, which is in the nature ofa stop. It will be understood that'the shaft 114, and consequently the cam 192, is intermittingly rotative, and of course any means may be provided for obtaining such a result; but in the present case I have illustrated clutch or coupling mechanism for connecting the shaft 114 and certain other parts of the machine with a continuously-operative driver. A rock- 'shaft is shown at 200, and it carries at one end the rocker-arm 201, disposed in the path of the actuator 202 upon the link 120, the object being to swing said rocker-arm 201 to what is shown the right, Fig. 1, thereby to render effective certain coupling mechanism to secure the intermittent operation of the elements before mentioned. The arm 201 is held in its normal or upright position by means of the leaf-spring 203 bearing thereagainst and secured to the bed 12. The holder 205 is mounted upon the opposite end of the rockshaft 200 and is in the nature of an arm having a hook 206 adapted to engage the cooperating hook 207 of the coupling member 208, constituting a part of what might'be termed a one-revolution clutch, and the arm 208 is spring-actuated, it being engaged by the spring 209, thereby to throw the arm, and consequently a suitable device thereon, into operative position when the hooks 206 and 207 are disengaged. In Fig. 2 the two hooks are shown as being in engagement, and when the rock-shaft 200 is operated by the actuator 202 the arm 205 will be swung downward, thereby carrying the hook 206 out of engagement with the cooperating hook 207 ICO upon the spring-actuated arm 208. The arm 208 is provided at a suitable point in its length with a pin or stud 210, whichprojects through an opening or slot 212 in the disk 213, which is keyed or otherwise secured to shaft 111, which loosely carries the drivers 112 and 113. The continuonsly-operative driver 112 has upon its face adjacent the disk 213 the projection 215, adapted to cooperate with the pin 210 upon the driver. When the hooks, to which reference has been made, are released, the spring 209 will force the arm 208, which is pivoted, as at 208, to the disk 213, against or substantially against the contiguous face of the disk 213, thereby thrusting the pin 210 into the path of the projection 215, so that when these parts engage the disk 213 will be rotated, thereby to effect the rotation of the shaft 155, and consequently of the cams 135 and 192. When the disk 213 has nearly made a complete turn, the hook 207 upon the arm 208 will engage the cooperating hook 206 upon the arm 205, which arm is then in its normal position, so as to swing the arm 208 and carry the pin 210 out of the path of the projection 215 on the driver 112, thereby stopping the shaft 114. The shaft 114. is provided with a bevel-gear 220, adapted to mesh with a cooperating bevel-gear 221, which is loose upon the shaft 172. The disk 222 issecured to the inner face of the beveled gear 221 and is provided upon its inner face with a series of teeth adapted to cooperate with a correspondingly-shaped series of teeth uponthe contiguous face of the wheel 223, fixed to the shaft 172, and the teeth upon the respective parts are of such a construction that when the part 17 travels forward the shaft 172 will be rotated,thereby causing the teeth of the part 223 to ride idly over the teeth of the cooperating part 222, so that no motion will be imparted to the beveled gear 221 nor to the meshing gear 220, as it is not desired during this period of the operation to turn the shaft 114.

It will be understood from the preceding description that the invention includes certain fundamental features, and I also desirev to state that a great many of these features can be varied in different respects Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

For example, it is evident that other means might be employed for holding type or for conveying the justified line into position where it may be transferred to the galley or that different means might be employed for cutting or nicking the spaces, and it is likewise evident that certain parts may be employed in one kind of machine and that other parts may be employed in a different kind of machine, and hence the invention is not limited to any particular style of type-setting apparatus.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a type-setting machine, a stick, a series of spaces each consisting of two disconnected wedges each slidable and movable upon the other, and means for introducing the spaces into the line transversely of the bodies of the type.

2. In a type-setting machine, a-stick, a series of spaces, each consisting of two disconnected wedges, means for introducing the spaces into the line, means for shifting the line, and means for driving the respective members of the spaces farther into place in opposite directions to justify the line before it is shifted.

3. In a type-settin g machine, a stick,a series of spaces each consisting of two wedges slidable upon each other, means for introducing the spaces into the line, and means operative after the primary introduction of the spaces for driving the wedges in opposite directions.

4. In a type-setting machine,a stick, means for introducing wedge-spaces into the line transversely of the type, and means for subsequently alining the type and spaces by turning one relative to the other.

5. In a typesetting machine, a series of spaces consisting each of two wedges slidable one upon the other, means for introducing said spaces into the line, means to move the type and partially-inserted spaces laterally,

and a series of drivers to act against the respective wedges and further drive the same in opposite directions between the type before shifting the line, and means to subsequently shift the justified line.

6. In a type-setting machine, a stick, a series of spaces each consisting of two wedges slidable upon each other, means for introducing the spaces into the line transversely of the bodies of the type and for shifting the line, two independent drivers for the respective wedges serving to force the same in opposite directions, and a poWer-transmittin g member located for operation by one of said drivers, and serving to actuate the other.

7. In a type-settin g machine, a stick, a series of spaces each consisting of two disconnected Wedges slidable upon each other in opposite directions, means for introducing the spaces into the line and for shifting the same, line markers or stops, driving means adapted to force the wedges of the respective pairs oppositely after the introduction of the line markers or stops, means for transferring the line, and means for alining the type and spaces and for transferring the line after the removal of said line-markers.

8. In atype-setting machine, astick, aseries of spaces each consisting of two disconnected wedges slidable upon each other in opposite directions, and transversely of the bodies of the type, means for introducing the spaces into the line and for shifting the latter, driving means for the respective wedges, manually-controlled means for normally holding the driving means in the ineffective position thereof, means for transferring the line of type with the spaces therein, and means for alining the spaces and type.

9. Ina type-setting machine,a stick, aseries of spaces each of which consists of two disconnected wedges each adapted to be moved into the line of type in opposite directions, and means for introducing the wedges into the line of type and for subsequently shifting the justified line.

10. In a type-settingmachine, wed ge-spaces for separating the words of a line, and each consisting of two parts, drivers located to act against the two parts of the wedge-spaces and each having a rack, a pinion intermediate and adapted to mesh with the racks, and an actuating member connected to one of the drivers.

11. Inatype-setting machine, means for introducing wedges in pairs into the line under composition, drivers located to act against the wedges and operatively connected for simultaneous movement, an actuating member connected to one of the drivers, and means for holding said actuating member in its ineffective position.

12. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing wedges in pairs into the line under composition, drivers located to act against the wedges and operatively connected for simultaneous movement, an actuating member connected to one of the drivers, a shaft provided with an arm serving to uphold said actuating member, and a hand-lever on said shaft.

13. In atype-setting machine, two channels, wedges disposed in said channels and cooperative in pairs, a feed device active against each set of spaces, two levers mounted to in-' troduce the foremost wedges into the line, and drivers adapted to drive the wedges farther into their seats after they have been introduced by said levers, thereby to justify the line.

14:. In a type-settin g machine, two channels, wedges disposed in said channels and cooperative in pairs, a feed device active against each set of spaces, two levers mounted to in-" troduce the foremost wedges into the line, and drivers adapted to drive the wedges farther into their seats after they have been introduced by said levers, thereby to justify the line, a link uniting the two levers to cause the operation of the same in unison, and a keysecured to one of the levers.

15. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces transversely into the line of type, and means to thereafter change the relative position of the spaces and type by turning one relative to the other to aline the-spaces and the type.

16. In atype-setting machine, a stick, means for introducing wedge-spaces into the line from opposite sides thereof, and means for afterward driving the spaces farther into the line at the place where the line is composed, to justify the same.

17. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing the spaces into the line, a pusher for advancing the type and the spaces, means including a spring for effecting the operation of the pusher, and a device adapted to act against said spring to thereby put the same in its inefiective position.

18. In a type-setting machine, a stick including a shiftable member with which the line of type is adapted to travel, a locking device cooperative with and adapted normally to hold the shiftable member in its primary position, driving means for the spaces, located beyond the point at which the latter are introduced, and means for throwing the space driving means into action and for releasing said locking device.

19. In a type-setting machine, a stick including a shiftable member with which the line of type is adapted to travel, a locking device cooperative with and adapted normally to hold the shiftable member in its primary position, driving means for the spaces, located beyond the point at which the latter are introduced, means for throwing the space-driv ing means into action and for releasing said locking device, and means for advancing the shiftable member of the stick with the line of type therewith. I

20. In a type-setting machine,- means for introducing the spaces into the line, two operative drivers for the spaces, an actuating device connected to one of the drivers, a shaft having an arm adapted to engage said actuating device and provided with a hand-lever, means including a latch for holding the line in position until it is justified, and a tripping device for said latch connected with said shaft.

21. In a type-setting machine, a stick, a series of spaces each consisting of two wedges slidable upon each other, means for introducing the spaces into the line, and means to engage all the spaces at the same time and to drive them oppositely at the place where the line is composed.

22. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing Wedges in'pairs between the words in a line under composition and means for subsequently driving said pairs of wedges oppositely.

23. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, and means for cutting off portions of the spaces.

24:. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into a line, and means for cu tting off the spaces above and below the line.

25. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducing wedges into the line in opposite directions and transversely of the type, and" means for cutting off the wedges at opposite sides of said line. g

26. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, and rotative means for cutting off portions of the spaces.

27. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, to justify the same and for subsequently shifting the line, and cutting mechanism for the spaces opera,- tive during the travel of the line.

28. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducing spaces into the line, and for transferring the justified line, and a saw located in the path of and adapted to cutoff portions of the spaces.

29. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducing the spaces into the line to justify the same, two rotative saws located above and below the line of type, and a single shaft for supporting said saws.

30. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line and for subsequently driving the spaces farther into place, and mechanism located to cut off portions of the spaces.

31. In-a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, and means for nicking said spaces while in the machine.

32. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducin g spaces into the line, means for j ustifying the line, and means for nicking the spaces.

33. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, means for j ustifying the line, and means for nicking the spaces above and below the line.

34. In a typesetting machine, means forintroducing spaces into the line, and space cutting and nicking devices operative in unison.

35. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, a shaft, means for rotating said shaft, and space cutting and nicking devices in different planes connected to said shaft.

36. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducing spaces into the line, and means for shifting the line, and space cutting and nicking devices operative upon the spaces during the shifting movement of the line.

37. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line from opposite sides thereof, two space-cutters,andtwo nickin g devices located between the space-cutters.

38. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducing spaces into the line and for shifting the line bodily with the spaces therein, and means for cutting off portions of the spaces during shifting movement.

39. In a type-settin g machine, means for introducing wedges into the line from opposite directions, and for shifting the line after justification, a shaft, two cutters carried by said shaft at opposite sides of the line, and two nicking devices also carried by said shaft and located intermediate said cutters and disposed respectively above and below the line of type.

40. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line transversely of the type, and means for alining the type and spaces by turning one relative to the other.

41. In atype-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, means for cutting off portions of the spaces, and means for alining the type and spaces.

42. In a type-settin g machine, means for introducing spaces into the line transversely of the type, means for shifting the line, and

means for tilting the type to throw them into alinement with the spaces.

43. In atype-setting machine, means forintroducing spaces into the line,means for shifting the line with the spaces therein, means for cutting off portions of the spaces and for also nicking the same, and means for alining the type and spaces.

44. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, and means for cutting off the spaces, the cutting means be ing so organized that sufficient portions of the spaces will be removed to prevent the said spaces projecting beyond the faces of the type when the type and spaces are alined.

45. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, means for cutting off the spaces, the cutting means being so organized that sufficient portions of the spaces will be removed to prevent the said spaces projecting beyond the face of the type when the type and spaces are alined, and means for alining the spaces and type.

46. In a type-setting machine, a stick, a series of spaces, each consisting of two wedges slidable one upon the other, means for introducing the spaces into the line, and means for cutting off predetermined portions of the spaces. l

47. In a type-setting machine, a stick, a series of spaces, each consisting of two wedges slidable one upon the other, means for intro ducing the spaces into the line of type and for tilting one of said series of parts relatively to the other to bring the two into alinement.

48. In atype-setting-machine, means forintroducing a series of spaces into a line madeup of a series of type, and means operative for simultaneously tilting all of the members of one of said series to bring both series into alinement.

49. In a type-settin g machine, means for in troducing spaces into the line, line-markers disposed at the ends of the line, means for alining the type, and independent means for removing the line-markers automatically.

50. In a typesetting machine, means forintroducing spaces into the line, linemarkers disposed at the ends of the line, and automatic mechanism for simultaneously removing the line-markers and alining the spaces and type.

51. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, line-markers disposed at the ends of the line, space-cutting mechanism, and means for automatically removing the line-markers at a predetermined point.

52. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducing spaces into the line, line-markers disposed at the ends of the line, space-cutting mechanism, and means for automatically removing the line-markers and for also alining the spaces and type.

53. In a type-setting machine, a stick, aseries of spreading-spaces, means for introducing the spreading-spaces into the line to IIO effect the justification of the same, means for transferring the line and for alining the spaces and type, a galley, and means for moving the line into position to be pushed into said galley.

54;. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line and'for shifting the line bodily with the spaces therein, means for cutting off portions of the spaces and for subsequently alining the type and spaces, a galley, and means for moving the line into position opposite the ent-ranceto the, galley.

55. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, mechanism for shifting the line bodily with the spaces therein and for subsequently stopping the line, a galley, a line-transferrin g device operable between the place at which the line is stopped and the entrance to the galley, and provided with projections, and a plate having main and branch channels-to receive said projections, and means for operating the line-transferring device.

56. In atype-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, mechanism for shifting the line'bodily with the spaces therein and for subsequently stopping the line, a

' galley, a line-transferrin g device operable'between the place at which the line is stopped and the entrance to the galley, and means for operating said line-transferring device, controlled in part by the movement of the line.

57-. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, mechanism for shifting the line bodily with the spaces therein, and for cutting off predetermined lengths of the spaces during the travel of the line, a

galley, a line-transferring device operable to shift the line into position opposite the entrance of the galley, and a pusher for entering the line in the galley. v

58. In a type-setting machine, means for introd ucin g spaces into the line, means for transferrin g the line with the spaces therein,including a carrier provided with line-markers, devices for removing the line-markers and devices for alining the spaces and type, driving mechanism for the said devices, and means controlled by the carrier for throwing the driving mechanism into action to operate said two devices.

59. In a type-setting machine, means for introducin g spaces into the line, means for transferrin g the line with the spaces therein including a carrier provided with line-markers, de-

vices for removing the line-markers and devices for alining the spaces and type, driving mechanism for the said devices, means controlled by the carrier for throwing the driving mechanism into action to operate said two devices, a galley, and means for transferring the lineof type and spaces to the galley.

60. In a type-setting machine, means for introducin g spaces into the line,means for transferrin g the line with the spaces therein,including a carrier provided with line-markers one of which is spring-actuated, means for alining the type and spaces, and independent means for removing the line-markers.

thereby to hold the same in its ineffective position, and a tripping device for the latch operated by the carriage.

63. In a type-setting machine, means for introducing spaces into the line, a carriage pro vided with line-markers and adapted to advance the line bodily with the spaces therein,

a device for removing the line-markers, a device for alining the type and spaces, common actuating means for both the devices, and means operated by the carrier for releasing the locking device. I

64:. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducing spaces into the line, means for shifting the line bodily with the spaces therein, including a carriage provided with linemarkers, devices for removing the line-markers and for alining the spaces and type, actuating mechanism for said two'devices, a galley, means including a pusher for moving the type into the galley, and mechanism controlled by the actuating means for said two devices for throwing the pusher into action.

65. In a type-settin g machine, means for introducing spreading-spaces into the line, in dependent means to drive the spaces farther into position to justify said line, and means for cutting off predetermined portions of the spaces.

66. In a type-setting machine, means forintroducing spreading-spaces into the line, independent means to drive the spaces farther into position to justify said line, means for cutting ofi portions of the spaces, and means for alining the spaces and type. r

67. In a type-setting machine, means forin-- troducing spreading spaces into the line, means for cutting off portions of the spaces, means for nicking said spaces, and means for alining the spaces and type.

68. In a typesetting machine, a stick, means for introducing spaces into the line, and mechanism operable at different times for removing portions 'of the spaces and for alining the type and spaces.

69. In, a typesetting machine, a stick, meansfor introducing spaces into the line to justify the same, means for removing portions of the spaces after the justification of the line, and mechanism for subsequently alining the type and spaces.

70. In a type-settii1g machine, a stick, means for introducing spaces into the line to justify the same, means for removing portions of the spaces after the justification of the line, mechanism forsubsequently alining the type and spaces, a galley, and mechanism for transferring the justified line to the galley.

71. In a type-setting machine, a stick, means for introducing spaces into the line transversely of the type to justify the same, and means for alining the type and spaces by turning one relative to the other after the justification of said line by the spaces.

72. In a type-setting machine, a stick, means for introducing wedge-spaces into the line during its composition, a galley, and means for transferring the line to the galley with the spaces therein which were introduced during the composition of said line, said spaces being maintained in said line.

73. In a type-setting machine, a stick, means for introducing spaces into the line during its composition transversely of the type, a galley, means for transferring the line to the galley with the spaces therein which were introduced during the composition of said line, and means for alining the type and spaces before they reach the galley.

74. In a type-setting machine, a stick, means for introducing spaces into the line during its composition, a galley, means for transferring the line to the galley with the spaces therein, and independent devices operable after the justification of a line and before it reaches the galley, to remove portions of the spaces and to aline the spaces and type. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK I-I. MCGRATII.

Witnesses:

HEATH SUJHERLAND, MABEL PARTELOW. 

